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Name Persuasion Windows Document
Version 3.x - 4.x
Other names  
Identifiers PUID:  fmt/1707
Family  
Classification Presentation
Disclosure  
Description Persuasion Windows Document format is part of Adulus Persuasion format family.The format is created using the Adulus Persuasion (now discontinued) presentation program software developed by Peter Polash in 1988 orifinally for the Macintosh platform by Aldus Corporation. Following a merger of Adobe Systems and Adulus Corporation in 1994, the software was re-branded to Adobe Persuasion and a Microsoft Windows version was released. There were two versions released for Macintosh only, then starting with version 2.x version for Windows was released, up to version 4. Adobe discontinued production of the software in September 1997. This format entry describes the variation of the format released with version 3.x and 4.x of Adulus Persuasion for Microsoft Windows. The research of this format is ongoing, please contact the PRONOM team if you have more information and can contribute to find distinguashing sequence between version 3.x and 4.x.
Orientation  
Byte order  
Related file formats Is subsequent version of Persuasion Windows Document (2.0)
Technical Environment  
Released  
Supported until  
Format Risk  
Developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Supported by None.
Source The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints / The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Source date 14 Jun 2022
Source description  
Last updated 14 Jun 2022
Note https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Persuasion http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Persuasion https://adobe.fandom.com/wiki/Adobe_Persuasion_4 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wVDB2C8IJRYC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=adobe+persuasion+file+format&source=bl&ots=pfVdPE96jt&sig=ACfU3U3Gid0EFkQkLOeTOeiyKb3_EAJZhw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCzMfYzKD4AhVSVsAKHTk2DeMQ6AF6BAgmEAM#v=onepage&q=adobe%20persuasion%20file%20format&f=false
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